US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NEW YORK DISTRICT, Attn: CENAN-EN-MR 26 Federal Plaza, Rm 1843, New York, N.Y. 10278-0900

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR IDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR SHORE PROTECTION STUDIES WITHIN THE NEW YORK DISTRICT'S CIVIL ORKS BOUNDARIES SOL CBAEEN-5207-0031 POC Willien Cunningham (212)264-9123 Procurement Assistant. LOCATION: Various locations within the New York District Civil Works boundaries in New York and New Jersey and other Corps of Engineers locations. SCOPE OF SERVCES REQUIRED: Indefinite delivery contract to perform various engineering services related to existing beach conditions and design of coastal and coastal inlet improvements This may include aerial (photogrammetric), cross shore profiles, hydrographic, and/or topographic surveys; development and servicing of wave gages and other instrumentation; subsurface investigations and analyses, coastal processes analyses; and/or storm damage surveys, construction plans and specifications, average annual damages and benefits, commercial and recreational boating analyses, recreational use survey analyses, development of coastal and environmental monitoring programs (for shore protection projects), environmental assessments/analyses and cultural resources analyses for various shorelines within the New York District. The services will be provided under an indefinite delivery contract. Each delivery order amy not exceed $150,000, with the cumulative amount of all delivery orders not to exceed $750,000 per contract per annum, and the cumulative total of all delivery orders shall not exceed $1,500,000 for both years (if option is exercised). TECHNICAL CAPABILITY REQUIRED: Civil engineering, coastal engineering with experience in coastal processes analyses and coastal structures (such as bulkheads, jetties, groins and shore protection) and beach design, structural engineering, soils and geophysical engineering, surveyors, economists (experienced in performing cost/benefit analyses on civil works projects, especially shore protection projects), estimating (with experience on civil works projects, especially shore protection projects), cost estimating (including ability to produce MCACES Gold estimates) enviromentalists/biologists and cultural resources specialists/archaeologists. SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: Subsurface exploration capabilities (including side scan sonar capabilities, ability t input data into the GIS database, ability to obtain borings (land based) and perform a laboratory analysis and ability to perform and document a remote sensing investigation of an offshore borrow area); P.E. or P.L.S. certification of supervisor/key personnel; actual experience in the following: (1) littoral budget, (2) beach, coastal and coastal inlet structure design, (3) beach surveys, (4) storm damage survey and coastal processes analysis, (5) recreational use analysis, (6) hydrographic surveys, (7) mapping, (8) aerial photography, (9) environmental assessments (10) culutural resources assessments. CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF FORM 255: 30 days after CBD advertisement. EVALUATION FACTORS (IN DESCENDING ORDER OF IMPORTANCE): 1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services. 2) Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm in the type of work required. 3) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work in the required time including qulifications of key personnel. 4) Past Experieince, if any, of the firm with respect to performance on Department of Defense A/E contracts, in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. 5) Location with respect to New York District boundaries. 6) Volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the Department of Defencse. DoD desires an equitable distribution of design contracts among A/E firms, including small and small disadvantaged business firms that have not had prior DoD contracts. 7) The extent or participation of SB, SBD historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions is secondary selection criterion and will be used as a ''tie-breaker'', if necessary. 8) Volume of work previoulsy awarded to the firm by the Department of Defense, with the object of affecting an equitable distribution among qualified A/E firms, including small and disadvantaged business firms and firms that have not had prior DoD contrcts. This is a secondary selection criterion which will be used as a ''tie-breaker' if necessary. Start: 1 July 1995. Completion: 1 July 1997. Small and disadvantaged firms are encouraged to participate as prime contrctors or as memebers of joint ventures with other small businesses, and all interested contractors are reminded that the suceessful contractor will be expected to place subcontracts to the mazimum practicable extent with smll and disadvantaged firms in accordance with Public Law 95-507. The submittals should be sent in triplicate to Ms. Willien Cunningham, CENAN-EN-MR, Room 2133, Department of the Army, U.S. Army Engineer District, New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, New York, NY 10278-0090. Only those submittals incorporating the 11-92 revisions of the SF 254 and SF 255 will be considered. Furthermore, special attention should be given to the manner in which these forms are completed. The SF 254 should reflect the overall capacity of the firm. Whereas, the SF 255 should reflect only the personnel dedicated to the specific project referenced in the submittal. These guidelines should be closely followed, since they constitute procedural protocol in the manner in which the selection process is conducted. Closing date for this announcement will be 30 days from publication,. If this day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or Holiday, the new closing date will be th next business day. Firms who have not previoulsy applied for NYD projects and firms who do not have a current SF 254 on file with NYD should submit two copies of SF 254 on initial response to our CBD. (0333)

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